Research Release: Pride and who? Jane where? Gender bias in GCSE English Literature
New research reveals that only 2% of students will study a text written by a woman at GCSE. Explore the findings now.
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Campaign Update – Feb 2023
Hello friends – hard to believe we’re already in March, isn’t it?! 2022 was a huge year for our campaign and we’ve got more big plans as we move further into 2023. To keep you all in the loop with…
Research Release: Balancing the Books – Gender Bias in the KS3 English Curriculum
New research carried out by the End Sexism In Schools campaign team reveals the shocking extent of gender bias in the KS3 English Curriculum across schools in England. Analysis of data gathered for 891 schools across 104 Local Education Authorities…
Where is HERstory?
Well folks, we’ve been busy bees here on the End Sexism In Schools team, drawing together all the findings from our crowdresearch into a comprehensive report, which we very much hope will demonstrate the extent of the gender bias problem…
Campaign Update – Final Crowdresearch Push and Next Steps
Hi friends! Hard to believe it’s September already but here we are! Since we launched our first campaign project back in April, we’ve been blown away by the response and work of our volunteers. Thanks to the time and effort…
Crowdresearch update: Much Ado About the Gender Play Gap
Hi friends! It’s time for another crowdresearch update. If you thought our statistics on women novelists at KS3 were bad enough (find out more here), the statistics on playwrights are even worse. Out of the schools researched up to 16th July 2021,…
Crowdresearch Update: A (Not-So)Novel Imbalance
In the second month of our crowdresearch project, we’ve been delighted with the response to our call for volunteers! So far, together, we’ve researched: – 510 schools, of which 228 have provided us with concrete data We haven’t fully validated this…
Campaign Update: The Crowdresearch Begins!
Hi friends and welcome to the first End Sexism In Schools campaign update. It’s been just over 2 weeks since we launched the website and officially started recruiting volunteers to our crowdresearch project and what a two weeks it has…